After Effects CS4 Essential Training

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10/13/2008

In After Effects CS4 Essential Training, Chad Perkins teaches fundamental motion graphics design techniques from the ground up. He shows how to gather video, audio, and graphical source materials into layered compositions, make edits and adjustments, then bring it all to life with a powerful array of visual effects and animation techniques. These skills are demonstrated in a series of increasingly intricate projects, from creating a galaxy to building a fantasy battle scene. Chad also demonstrates workflows for keying and compositing, shows how to integrate with other applications, shares useful tips and secrets, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Importing assets with Bridge

Blending layers in a composition

Animating static images with the Puppet tool

Color-correcting video footage

Animating in 3D

Stabilizing shaky footage

Nesting and precomposing

Creating visual effects from scratch

Exporting to video and other media

Skill Level Beginner

8h 39m

Duration

1,752,766

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(upbeat music)- [Voiceover] Hello lynda.com viewing audience.My name is Chad Perkins.Welcome to Adobe After Effects CS4 Essential Training.Adobe After Effects is an industry-leadingand very popular, well-beloved applicationfor motion graphics, compositing,animation, and visual effects.In this course, we'll start from the ground up.We'll learn all the basics, including how to animate,how to apply effects, and much more.

We're also going to be looking at tons of projects.We're going to be creating a galaxy scene from scratch.We're also going to be compositing,taking multiple layers that don't belong togetherand making them look like they do belong together.We'll be covering tips and tricks,little known secrets and features, new features,how After Effects integrates with other programs,and much, much more.Thanks for joining me and let's get started.